Re: MSA2040 firmware upgrade failed - Warning The system is currently...
Hello Shawn, Thank you so much for your help. I was able to upgrade controller A to GL225P002-02. Plugging in controller B this morning (more than 4 hours ago) stops MC working properly. GUI:...
View ArticleRe: MSA2040 firmware upgrade failed - Warning The system is currently...
Hi Ronald,If there is only issue in accessing the management controller(mc),we can restart mc B from cli of controller A.#restart mc BIf you would like to reboot the storage controller (SC)B.This will...
View ArticleRe: steps on connecting new purchase msa2050 disk enclosure to existing...
Hi,MSA 2050 LFF enclosure is supported as a expansion enclosure to MSA 2040.HPE MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure Q1J06ANOTE:• The MSA 2050 LFF and SFF Disk Enclosures are the recommended disk enclosures...
View ArticleRe: MSA2040 firmware upgrade failed - Warning The system is currently...
# restart mc bDuring the restart process you will briefly lose communication with the specified Management Controller(s).Do you want to continue? (y/n) yError: There was a failure to communicate with...
View ArticleRe: MSA2040 firmware upgrade failed - Warning The system is currently...
# restart sc bError: The Storage Controller is not ready for the operation. (2020-02-10 14:56:33)
View ArticleRe: MSA2040 firmware upgrade failed - Warning The system is currently...
Hi,If you are able to login to controller A GUI or CLI,could you please check what is the status of controller B from there.#show controllersYou could also try to reseat the controller B.If no LEDs on...
View ArticleRe: steps on connecting new purchase msa2050 disk enclosure to existing...
Hi,Also I would like to check what type of DG you are planning to create with SSD?Virtual or linear?Because MSA 2040 supports both linear and virtual storage.You can still use SSD drives to create...
View ArticleRe: Add disks to MSA 2040
Thanks. it is easier by using https://<management IP address>/v2/index.htmlDisks from MSA2 are now available (after dequrantine). I deleted the second Vdisk which containt 2 volumes (hyperv and...
View ArticleRe: MSA2040 firmware upgrade failed - Warning The system is currently...
Hello,Likely the two controllers are not in sync. Unfortunately without access to the system it is hard to tell what is occurring. I woudl suggest a period of downtime to try the following.Shutdown...
View ArticleRe: steps on connecting new purchase msa2050 disk enclosure to existing...
Hi Sahana R.Thank you for all the information and assistance.I am trying to create a Virtual disk group with the SSD's. I have as a test created a Linear Disk group and that works. But with Linear disk...
View ArticleMSA 2050/2052 and ESX 5.5 using ISCSI ?
Hi All, a simple question. Customer needs a migration strategy from a legacy ISCSI array supporting an ESXI 5.5U3 ingfrastructure. Was considering MSA 2050 or 2052 but support matrix shows...
View ArticleRe: MSA2040 firmware upgrade failed - Warning The system is currently...
Hello Shawn,I've removed power, controller A and all disks. But controller does not come up even no ping reply.The system is out of service, which makes more sense: Let your colleagues repair it or...
View ArticleRe: steps on connecting new purchase msa2050 disk enclosure to existing...
Hi,You are welcome!HPE MSA supports three tiers of storage,each tier relates to a specific drive class.Performance tier-SSD Standard tier-15K and 10K Enterprise SAS hard disk drives (HDDs) Archive...
View ArticleCompatibility disk Netapp in MSAP2000 G3
Hello everybody,I received Netapp (Hitachi) hard drives and my technical director asked me to check if we could use them in our MSA bayThe disks look good physically but they come out in an unusable...
View ArticleRe: Compatibility disk Netapp in MSAP2000 G3
Consider this as not supported, not working.
View ArticleRe: MSA 2050/2052 and ESX 5.5 using ISCSI ?
Hello,A simple answer is that yes this "should" work but has not been tested or qualified by HPE. However, you should consider several things when migrating your data. With ESXi 6.0 virutal volumes are...
View ArticleRe: MSA2040 firmware upgrade failed - Warning The system is currently...
Hello,This sounds like your controller needs a factory reset. If you want you can buy a limited support contract to get a replacement controller. Or buy a new one.Sorry sounds painful but I believe you...
View ArticleRe: Compatibility disk Netapp in MSAP2000 G3
Hello,FDE drives are not supported with an MSA P2000. Additionally, if the drives are secured there will be no way to unsecured them unless you have the encrytpion key.HPE systems (both storage and...
View Articlemsa change prefered controller
good, I need to change a disk group of a preferred controller msa. I only have a disk group and the controller B. is preferred, what command do I have to do to make this change? Cheers
View ArticleRe: msa change prefered controller
Hello,You have not provided enough infromation for a helpful response. Which array are you running?Which firmware version?Linear disk group or virtual disk group?Consider that if you only have one...
View Article